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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרSo he saidway·yō·mer
לָהֶ֔םto them :lā·hem
לוּלֵא֙“ If you had notlū·lê
חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣םplowedḥă·raš·tem
בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י with my heifer , bə·‘eḡ·lā·ṯî
לֹ֥אyou would not
מְצָאתֶ֖םhave solvedmə·ṣā·ṯem
חִידָתִֽי׃my riddle ! ”ḥî·ḏā·ṯî
Judges 14:19ר֣וּחַThen the Spiritrū·aḥ
יְהוָ֗הof YHWHYah·weh
וַתִּצְלַ֨חcame mightilywat·tiṣ·laḥ
עָלָ֜יו upon him , ‘ā·lāw
וַיֵּ֨רֶדand he went downway·yê·reḏ
אַשְׁקְל֜וֹן to Ashkelon , ’aš·qə·lō·wn
וַיַּ֥ךְkilledway·yaḵ
מֵהֶ֣ם׀. . .mê·hem
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםthirtyšə·lō·šîm
אִ֗ישׁ of their men , ’îš
וַיִּקַּח֙tookway·yiq·qaḥ
אֶת־-’eṯ-
חֲלִ֣יצוֹתָ֔ם their apparel , ḥă·lî·ṣō·w·ṯām
וַיִּתֵּן֙and gaveway·yit·tên
הַחֲלִיפ֔וֹתtheir clothesha·ḥă·lî·p̄ō·wṯ
לְמַגִּידֵ֖יto those who had solvedlə·mag·gî·ḏê
הַחִידָ֑הthe riddle .ha·ḥî·ḏāh
וַיִּ֣חַרAnd burningway·yi·ḥar
אַפּ֔וֹ with anger , ’ap·pōw
וַיַּ֖עַלSamson returnedway·ya·‘al
אָבִֽיהוּ׃פto his father’s’ā·ḇî·hū
בֵּ֥ית house , bêṯ
Judges 14:20שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹןand hisšim·šō·wn
לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ. . .lə·mê·rê·‘ê·hū
אֵ֣שֶׁתwife’ê·šeṯ
וַתְּהִ֖יwas givenwat·tə·hî
אֲשֶׁ֥רto one of the men who’ă·šer
רֵעָ֖הhad accompaniedrê·‘āh
לֽוֹ׃him .lōw
Judges 15:1וַיְהִ֨יLater onway·hî
מִיָּמִ֜ים . . . , mî·yā·mîm
בִּימֵ֣יat the timebî·mê
חִטִּ֗יםof the wheatḥiṭ·ṭîm
קְצִיר־ harvest , qə·ṣîr-
שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹןSamsonšim·šō·wn
אֶת־-’eṯ-
בִּגְדִ֣יtookbiḡ·ḏî
עִזִּ֔יםa young goat‘iz·zîm
וַיִּפְקֹ֨דand went to visitway·yip̄·qōḏ
אִשְׁתּוֹ֙his wife .’iš·tōw
אָבֹ֥אָה“ I want to go’ā·ḇō·’āh
אֶל־to’el-
אִשְׁתִּ֖יmy wife’iš·tî
הֶחָ֑דְרָה in her room , ” he·ḥā·ḏə·rāh
וַיֹּ֕אמֶרhe said .way·yō·mer
אָבִ֖יהָBut her father’ā·ḇî·hā
וְלֹֽא־would notwə·lō-
נְתָנ֥וֹlet himnə·ṯā·nōw
לָבֽוֹא׃enter .lā·ḇō·w
Judges 15:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר“ I was sureway·yō·mer
אָמֹ֤ר. . .’ā·mōr
כִּי־thatkî-
שָׂנֹ֣אyou thoroughly hated herśā·nō
שְׂנֵאתָ֔הּ . . . , ” śə·nê·ṯāh
אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙said’ā·mar·tî
אָבִ֗יהָ her father , ’ā·ḇî·hā
וָאֶתְּנֶ֖נָּה“ so I gave herwā·’et·tə·nen·nāh
לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָto one of the men who accompanied you .lə·mê·rê·‘e·ḵā
הֲלֹ֨אIs nothă·lō
הַקְּטַנָּה֙her youngerhaq·qə·ṭan·nāh
אֲחֹתָ֤הּsister’ă·ḥō·ṯāh
טוֹבָ֣הmore beautifulṭō·w·ḇāh
מִמֶּ֔נָּהthan she ?mim·men·nāh
נָ֥אPlease
תְּהִי־take hertə·hî-
לְךָ֖lə·ḵā
תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ׃instead . ”taḥ·te·hā
Judges 15:3שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןSamsonšim·šō·wn
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרsaidway·yō·mer
לָהֶם֙ to them , lā·hem
הַפַּ֖עַם“ This timehap·pa·‘am
נִקֵּ֥יתִיI will be blamelessniq·qê·ṯî
כִּֽי־-kî-
אֲנִ֛י-’ă·nî
עִמָּ֖ם-‘im·mām
עֹשֶׂ֥הin doing‘ō·śeh
רָעָֽה׃harmrā·‘āh